THE JAPAN NEWS
 
A powerful earthquake struck Hokkaido early Thursday, causing blackouts in Sapporo and other areas and sending items tumbling off shelves.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the magnitude-6.7 earthquake recorded upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in t...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
OSAKA – A tanker smashed into the bridge linking Kansai International Airport with the mainland, leaving about 5,000 people stranded at the facility on Tuesday as strong winds and high waves from Typhoon Jebi blasted western Japan.
The airport, which sits on a man-made island in Osa...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
This natto mixer will let you mix to the max! It even has a special setting to recreate the recipes of a revered Japanese Rennaisance man.
Are you a fan of natto? The divisive foodstuff is made from fermented soybeans and is ragingly popular in its native Japan, though some natives...

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SAVVY TOKYO
 
Sweet Potato Is The Star Of This Make-At-Home Treat
Up your little munchkin's fiber intake with this super-scummy lunchbox filler or after school energy snack.
It’s around this time of the year when the chant of the ishi-yakiimo-ya, or stone-roasted sweet potato seller, starts echoi...

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JAPAN TRENDS
 
It’s still several weeks until the cosplay madness of Halloween is upon the city but it seems that Tokyo is already getting into the spooky mood with some help from Google.
The tech giant opened a haunted house on August 25th, running until September 2nd in the Omotesando area of c...

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JAPAN TODAY
 
Japan braced on Monday for the arrival of strong typhoon Jebi as the storm churned north towards the islands, the latest in a series of harsh weather events to strike Japan this summer, meteorologists said.
Jebi - which means "swallow" in Korean - strengthened to super-typhoon statu...

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REUTERS
 
Japan’s military wants record spending next year to help pay for major upgrades to defenses designed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles that Tokyo sees as a continued threat despite Pyongyang’s promise to abandon nuclear weapons.
The Ministry of Defence budget proposal releas...

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JAPAN TIMES
 
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday the government will boost efforts to achieve its target of 40 million visitors to Japan by 2020 as it seeks economic growth through tourism.
The number this year is already estimated to have surpassed 20 million on Aug. 15 and is expected to ecl...

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THE JAPAN NEWS
 
HIROSHIMA — Just put your money in the vending machine and in three minutes, you’ll get a piping hot pizza.
A rare pizza vending machine from Italy, called Pizza Self, has appeared in Nishi Ward, Hiroshima. It represents eight years of effort by a former truck driver to import th...

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ASAHI
 
TSUKUBA, Ibaraki Prefecture--A Japanese startup is hoping to convince romantic types to make a gesture for their loved ones so grand that it is literally out of this world--sending proof of their devotion up into space.
Warpspace Inc., an enterprise from the University of Tsukuba, will st...

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